flop small :: Bet Big

Alright, I need to do something about my lack of attention span. I’ve gotten to the point in working on my card game that this is one of the things that I’m giving up EV on. One of the general principles of poker is that you make money from your opponents mistakes. Well, if all other things are equal in card knowledge between myself and another player but I have trouble keeping focus after 3 hours of play, guess what that means. (more…)

So I need you to put your poker knowledge to work and help me understand why a guy let me take his entire roughly $350 stack, what the hell did he have? (more…)

I thought this was was an interesting 15/30 limit hand. (more…)

Last night I continued my leisurely walk across hot coals. I sat down at a single 15-30 table, bought in for 750 and tried to play my A-game - it was probably more of my C+ game, I had trouble focusing (which is another recurring theme of mine that I need to figure out how to improve). (more…)

The following is my account of event 9 of the World series, my first big tourney, my thought process and my most memorable hands….enjoy (more…)